Comments on: This could be a big deal… https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/#comment-48960 RL Fri, 18 Mar 2022 04:26:05 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=92556#comment-48960 https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1504580491164454922 https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1504580491164454922

]]> By: Pebble https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/#comment-48928 Pebble Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:37:37 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=92556#comment-48928 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZmlUV8muY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZmlUV8muY

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/#comment-48922 RL Thu, 17 Mar 2022 04:08:44 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=92556#comment-48922 https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1503545410891264000?s=20&t=Bsu_BO881JVsaF9CeX0uvA <a href="https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1503545410891264000?s=20&t=Bsu_BO881JVsaF9CeX0uvA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US officials estimate "about 6,000 to 8,000 Russian ground-force fatalities" so far. That would mean "there have been more Russian combat fatalities in just about two weeks of war in Ukraine than the US had in both Iraq and Afghanistan in 20 years."</a> https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1503545410891264000?s=20&t=Bsu_BO881JVsaF9CeX0uvA

US officials estimate “about 6,000 to 8,000 Russian ground-force fatalities” so far.

That would mean “there have been more Russian combat fatalities in just about two weeks of war in Ukraine than the US had in both Iraq and Afghanistan in 20 years.”

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/#comment-48921 podrock Thu, 17 Mar 2022 03:55:51 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=92556#comment-48921 They don't want in on the special operation, but they facilitated the special operation. They don’t want in on the special operation, but they facilitated the special operation.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/#comment-48920 RL Thu, 17 Mar 2022 03:42:32 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=92556#comment-48920 <a href="https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1504157728180256772?s=20&t=u6Lx512kJbSsgttb9atxyw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1504157728180256772?s=20&t=u6Lx512kJbSsgttb9atxyw</a> The video in the above link should be painful to watch... but given the atrocities committed every minute by the Russians... well, I can't help but view it coldly- that is one group of Russians that will no longer be killing innocent civilians. I am having a hard time feeling any sympathy for the Russian victims of this war... That fact disturbs me, but perhaps it is best we reserve out sympathy for the innocents being slaughtered by the Russians. As horrible as it is to say, it is also simply a fact- the more Russian dead, the sooner the bombings of women and children will come to an end. <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-mariupol-theater-russia-bomb_n_62323fa8e4b00875475fcc74" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ukrainian Officials Say Russia Bombed Mariupol Theater Sheltering 'Hundreds'</a> Yeah... the Russians will have to wait for my sympathy... https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1504157728180256772?s=20&t=u6Lx512kJbSsgttb9atxyw
The video in the above link should be painful to watch… but given the atrocities committed every minute by the Russians… well, I can’t help but view it coldly- that is one group of Russians that will no longer be killing innocent civilians.
I am having a hard time feeling any sympathy for the Russian victims of this war… That fact disturbs me, but perhaps it is best we reserve out sympathy for the innocents being slaughtered by the Russians.

As horrible as it is to say, it is also simply a fact- the more Russian dead, the sooner the bombings of women and children will come to an end.

Ukrainian Officials Say Russia Bombed Mariupol Theater Sheltering ‘Hundreds’

Yeah… the Russians will have to wait for my sympathy…

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/#comment-48918 RL Thu, 17 Mar 2022 03:29:00 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=92556#comment-48918 <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/few-facts-much-speculation-as-explosions-heard-in-belarus/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Explosions reported in Belarus?</a> <blockquote>There is no confirmed reliable information about the source of the blasts, but speculation over the mystery ranges from sonic booms to a false flag attack by Russia to an internal coup. An opposition politician opposed to Minsk’s alliance with Moscow claims 30 aircraft recently took off and 6 missiles were shot near Kalinkovich, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the border with Ukraine.</blockquote> Explosions reported in Belarus?

There is no confirmed reliable information about the source of the blasts, but speculation over the mystery ranges from sonic booms to a false flag attack by Russia to an internal coup.

An opposition politician opposed to Minsk’s alliance with Moscow claims 30 aircraft recently took off and 6 missiles were shot near Kalinkovich, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the border with Ukraine.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/03/16/this-could-be-a-big-deal/#comment-48917 podrock Thu, 17 Mar 2022 02:21:21 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=92556#comment-48917 Xi reading the wind. Xi reading the wind.

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